title: [Cerebral sinus thrombosis complicating ulcerative colitis].
abstract: A 40-year-old woman with ulcerative colitis (UC) was admitted to our hospital because of diminution of consciousness and left palsy. UC had been diagnosed 6 years before, but had not been treated. MRI revealed complete obstruction of the superior sagittal sinus. Cerebral sinus thrombosis, as a complication of UC, was diagnosed. We started anticoagulant therapy, but she passed away 5 days later. UC has been reported to show hypercoagulation status, leading to deep vein thrombosis within the body which sometimes causes pulmonary infarction, but occurrence of cerebral sinus thrombosis is rare.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hiroshima City Hospital, Japan. asuka541217@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Asuka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakarai
authors.forename: Hirotoki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohe
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: Norifumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Numata
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kominami
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: Shintaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nanba
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ota
authors.forename: Tsuneyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurome
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ueki
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
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authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: Motowo
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authors.lastname: Mizuno
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000209:etiology*